Falling Hearts Hello Friends Cards - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Last week there was another Create Together class on the Simon Says Stamp YouTube channel, this time with Jennifer McGuire and Simon Says Stamps own Heidi Crowl (you can check the video out HERE). There was an amazing class kit, and the kit items are also available separately. I fell in love with a couple items from the class, and thought it would be fun to play with them a bit and create my own cards! If you picked up the kit, I hope this gives you a bit of extra inspiration as you play with it!

The background die I used is on SALE with lots of other items in celebration of Valentine's Day! You can check out the items HERE if you want to see more - so many fun things and discounts!

The new Falling Hearts coverplate die is AMAZING! I have a feeling I will be using it a lot in the future! For these cards, I thought it would be extra fun to do monochromatic backgrounds by die cutting the panel from a lighter color cardstock, then backing it with a deeper color. I used a couple shades of Concord and 9th cardstock to do this, and adhered the layers together with foam adhesive. The main sentiment is from another class kit item - Good Greetings 1, stamped and die cut with the coordinating die. Before adding those, I wrapped around some White May Arts ribbon, and tied it in a bow on the side. I added that sentiment with foam adhesive, then added a secondary sentiment to each card from EZ Strips Reverse Love sentiment strips. Finally, I adhered those entire panels onto white cardbases! Here is a closer look at these two cards:

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Wildflower Notecard Set - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! I'm super excited to share a fun notecard set using one of my favorite sets from Simon Says Stamp. I love making cards in sets, and this set makes me smile with the fresh colors, dainty florals, and simple layers!

The Butterfly Blossoms set includes a coordinating stencil, and it makes it so fun to color these florals in! While you can blend multiple layers of color on each stencil, it makes it super easy to color them with monochromatic tones! I stamped the florals in a light colored ink, leaving the stamps lined up in my stamp positioner, then blended one color onto each flower image before restamping over the top with crisp black ink for a super clear image! I used Cantaloupe, Carnation, Tropic, and Amethyst inks. I die cut them with the coordinating dies, and stamped and die cut the sentiments from the set as well. To create something to ground the images, I used  one of the Domed Arches stencil set and the same ink colors to blend a little background on each card. I then adhered the florals, alternating the colors on each card, and adhering with a bit of liquid glue to hold it in place. I added the sentiments with foam adhesive strips, and finished off with some coordinating Dazzling gems in Peachy, Bubblegum, Lilac, and Surf! Here are more photos of this finished set of cards:

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Felt Heart Cascading Card - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! I've been loving adding felt onto my cards lately - it's just so fun to die cut and add fun texture! I used some new felt I recently got from Simon Says Stamp, and paired it with some other fun supplies to make this card perfect for Valentine's day, or any day!

For this card I used the Lots of Hearts die without the coordinating stamp set, and some Benzie felt from the Everbloom palette. Lots of fun pink options that worked together perfectly for this card! I cut varying sizes and colors to mix and match together. I die cut the Double Plaid coverplate die, and before adhering to my white cardbase I blended a bit of Guava ink over the left side. I arranged those felt hearts, adhering them with liquid glue, and then stamped a sentiment from Lockets of Love, and popped that up with thin foam adhesive strips. I added a little white twine bow and a good sprinkle of Dazzling Clear gems to finish off! Here are more photos of this finished card:

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Filled with Peace - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Today I'm sharing a clean and simple sympathy card that is nearly one layer. I used a beautiful floral die from Simon Says Stamp that I recently ordered and hadn't had a chance to put to use, and paired it with a simple sentiment. I also used some of the most recently released ink colors from SSS - and I love how well the colors worked together!

I used the Elegant Blossom Branch die, and cut it from white cardstock. I used my Tacky Mat to hold the pieces in place, and then ink blended some color on with Shell, Wheat, and Shark inks - all some of the more recently released colors! I blended a bit of the Shell ink on the two corners of a white cardbase, then adhered the ink blended floral branch onto my card with tiny dots of liquid adhesive. I stamped my sentiment from Graceful Swans, rounded off a couple corners of the card, and then added a little sprinkle of the tiniest Clear Dazzling Gems to finish off! Here are more photos of the finished card:

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Love Ya Heart Shaker - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Yesterday I talked about following a cardmaking trail - and today is the next part of the journey along that trail! I used a negative die cut from something I cut from yesterday's card (you can see it HERE) as the starting point for the card I'm sharing today! And a sparkly love theme shaker card is such a fun different direction to go, don't you think? As always, I used lots of supplies from Simon Says Stamp to put this card together!

I love a reverse stack of die cut frames, especially when I'm able to turn it into a shaker card! For this one, I used the Modern Teardrops die. I had die cut a frame for another card from Gina K Emerald Coast cardstock, so I decided to use the negative space as the base for a shaker card. I die cut another slightly larger frame from white cardstock, and stacked them together. I filled my shaker with some ADORABLE new to me Trinity Stamps Red Sparkle Hearts and added a good dose of Chunky Rock Candy Glitter to make it extra sparkly! I added a sentiment from Groovy Wishes and a secondary sentiment from Reverse Just Sayin' sentiment strips die cut with the EZ Strips Slanted Rectangles die. Finished off with a few Pinkfresh Scarlet clear drops that perfectly coordinated and brought the sparkle outside of the shaker! Here are more photos of this fun shaker card:

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Teal Leaf Birthday Wishes - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Sometimes I love how I can follow a trail from one card to the next. Using a leftover item from the last card to create another card, and then having leftovers from that card that becomes the start of the next card! Today I have this fun card in calming monochromatic colors - using lots of supplies from Simon Says Stamp. I'm using the leaf die cut that created the window for the shaker on this card HERE that I posted a few days ago - and check back tomorrow to follow the trail a little further with some leftovers from this card transformed into a new design!

I used the Rose Branch die for the leafy branch, cut from white cardstock. I used Dotty Diamonds embossing folder on some Gina K Emerald Coast cardstock to create a fun textured background, then used that same cardstock and white to create a layered frame with Modern Teardrops die set. Sentiment is from Reverse Birthday EZ Strips, and a bit of Vivant gold thread and a few Dazzling Prism gems finish this card off! Here is a closer look:

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Thank You Friend - Tim Holtz January coordinating die release

Hello! I've got one more card to share that features some of the new dies that Simon Says Stamp released this month to coordinate with previously released Tim Holtz stamp sets! Today's card may be my favorite of them all - lots of heat embossing and ink blending - so fun!

I started off by stamping several images from the Field Notes set in Nocturne ink, then heat embossing with clear embossing powder. This allowed me to ink blend without smearing the ink later. I then die cut, and used my Tacky mat to place each die cut element and ink blend in some fun colors. I used Honey, Salmon, Artichoke, Amethyst, and Twilight inks. I also added a bit of two of those colors to my white cardbase, then set about arranging and adhering all of those items on my cardbase. I used a mix of tape runner and foam adhesive to get a good mix of dimension. I added a sentiment from Sentiment Label Stickers, and a sprinkling of the tiniest size of Dazzling Clear gems to finish off! Here are more photos of all the fun details:

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